...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....

28.1.13

[News] “Miracle in Cell No. 7” Holds off “Man on the Edge” on Weekend Box Office.

Actor Ryu Seung-ryong in a poster of “Miracle in Cell No. 7,” which premiered on January 23, 2013. [NEW]

Korean comedy-drama “Miracle in Cell No. 7” has made a strong debut atop the local weekend box office chart.

The
film about a prisoner with a mental disability topped the chart by
attracting 1,239,908 moviegoers during the weekend between January 25
and 27, Korean Box Office information System [KOBIS] showed Monday.

Actor
Ryu Seung-ryong’s comic portrayal of a prisoner who loves his daughter
has made many local moviegoers laugh and cry since its opening on
January 23.

Next up was home-grown comedy movie “Man on the
Edge,” which drew in 483,263 viewers during the same time frame.
Starring actor Park Shin-yang, the 127-minute movie centers around a
gangster-turned-shaman.

In the meantime, “Pororo, THE RACING
ADVENTURE" sat at the number three spot with 296,722 people. The
animated movie is the first movie version of one of the most-watched
Korean cartoon series for children, "Pororo the Little Penguin."